Recipe - jacket potatoes

Ingredients

Method - Microwave

Prick the potato all over, then wrap in kitchen paper, and put in microwave

Microwave on high for 4 mins on one side

Then turn potato over and repeat

It should be squooshy. This is the offical term. If not squooshy, then put on for another minute on each side

Cut open and add a filling or two or three

Method - Oven

Wash and dry the potato

Pre Heat the oven to 180 to 200 degrees centigrade

Prick the potato all over and then wrap in tin foil

Place in oven for 90 minutes

It is ready when you can stab your fork into it and feel little or no resistance as you pull it out

Cut open and add a filling or two or three

Method - Microwave and Oven

Preheat oven to 200 degrees centigrade

Wash Potato

Prick potato multiple times

Lightly coat in oil

Microwave for 5 minutes

Transfer to oven, bake for 30-60 minutes.

Remove from oven, cover with a tea towel and karate chop (soft enough to not break the potato but hard enough to at least make a dent)

Stab with fork to check with resistance, if there is still resistance, put back in for 5 minutes. Repeat.

Cut open and fill!

Method - Stuffed Jacket

After cooking the potato

Scoop the insides out and mash with an egg, marg and cheese

Pop back in jackets and sprinkle cheese on top

Grill for a bit, serve with beans, that is noiiiice

Comments

Jacket Potatoes are a very easy food to cook, very filling and very healthy. If you enjoy the potato skins, try rubbing salt and olive oil on them prior to cooking in the oven, it makes them salty, crispy and oh-so-delicious.

Thanks to PQ for Stuffed Jackets and Segat1 for the Microwavable Recipe